The National Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has lost his mother, Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji. She died Saturday evening at her Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos home at the age of 96.
Until her death, Alhaja Mogaji was the President-General, Association of Nigerian Market Women and Men of Lagos State and had major influence in her son and the affairs of the State.
As the President-General of the markets operating in the State, she was part of those who made the decision for the markets to always observe sanitation every Thursdays.
She had more than 10 titles bestowed on her by traditional rulers and interest groups across the nation.
Some of such titles included the Iya Adinni of Yaya Abatan Central Mosque, Ogba-Agege, Yeye Oba of Ikirun Land, Yeye Oba of Kweme Kingdom, Badagry, Yeye Oba of Osolu Kingdom, Yeye Oba of Lagos to mention but a few among several other honours including the ones from the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency, National Council of Women Societies, Eko Award 1991, National Youth Organisation and Law Ladies Forum, University of Lagos amongst others.
A devout Muslim and philanthropist, she will be buried on Sunday at Vaults and Garden, Ikoyi, Lagos at 11am, according to Islamic rites.
